HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY, everyone!! May it be a terrific day full of luck, love, and laughter!!

D & I wore some St. Patrick's Day stuff to school on Friday. . .you know, you just have to work that in when it lands on a weekend! As we were taking pics, I realized that since we had added a night, it was alsou our FIVE DAY COUNTDOWN!!! So, here we are putting up the square!:

(we're on the bottom row now!! )

My little man. . .definitely LUCKY to have him!

A picture together. . .when I saw my mom later that day, she said, "You ARE aware the nothing you have on matches, right? I said, 'yep, got that!'"

And a picture of my two favorite guys (Brian forgot to get his green out, and then it was too late to change!!

Yesterday, we did all of our packing, except the toiletries and stuff that we will use before we go! Thank goodness I had made lots of lists beforehand, because my brain was scattered yesterday, and I couldn't think! It took us about 2 1/2 hours to pack:

The Land Part:

The Cruise Part:

And the bored little boy who did not like that packing took as long as it did!

On today's agenda? Getting D a haircut, a St. Patty's day lunch celebration, and getting the rest of the pre-trip cleaning done! Better get to it!!

For St. Patrick's Day yesterday (and because we had gotten our packing done quicker on Saturday than I thought we would), we decided to go out to lunch after getting D a pre-trip haircut. First up, though. . .our tradition of St. Patrick's Day pics outside!

D is sporting his green(before the haircut!)!

Me & my little man. . .so lucky to have him!

My guys are definitely my lucky charms!

After getting a haircut and picking up some last minute things, we headed to lunch at Chuys. Because nothing says "Happy Irish Holiday" like eating at a Mexican restaurant. . .

It was a fun, fun day! I can't believe we're already to the week of the trip!!! Today, D registers for kindergarten. . .can't believe that either! Have a marvelous Monday, everyone!

D is working those sunglasses
can't believe only 3 more days hope they fly by for you!

can't believe your little man is heading to kindergarten already mama seems like yesterday we were making your baby scrapbook. time goes way to fast...my baby turns 13 in 11 days

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Yes, he thinks he is Mr. Cool in his Daddy's shades! Time does go way too fast. . .I can't believe Megan is about to turn 13 and D is about to go to kindergarten! Actually, I just realized, leaving early made my ticker wrong, so we are at 2 days. In fact in about 48 hours, we should be about 1/3 of the way there!

I cannot believe today was the day that D registered for kindergarten! I have been so nervous about this for weeks! I don't know why!

To make it a "big" day, Brian and I both took off today. We took a few pictures before we left to go.

My future kindergartener:

With Me:

With Daddy:

D is going to kindergarten in the town where I work (and where I went to school, too). It is also the town where my mom and dad live. This is a good thing because someone can get to him in 2 minutes if need be. Also, I know EVERYONE. Which is a good thing, and sometimes not, but as I tell Brian, some aspects of growing up in a small town can't be beat!

Here's D getting ready to go in:

We got there at 8:05. It was supposed to start at 8:30. There were already about 25 families in front of us. It went fairly quickly, though, and after all of the assessments and screenings, we were out by about 9:50. We went to see Nonna & Papaw, and then for a reward lunch at Red Lobster and a visit to Toys R Us!

D is very excited to start kindergarten in the fall! And I am one relieved Momma!

Hope you have a great trip!! And throw us a bone or two for us stuck in the Disney-less world during your trip if you can by posting a couple of pictures. Can't wait to hear all about it when you get back!